Hi Severin, > Why the same poor quality cable plugged into the hub none the less worked is > not clear though.
Presumably the hub has it¹s own power supply it could just be down to the limitations of the power output from the iMac port coupled with high cable losses from the long cheap cable and the hub could just push out a bit more power. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: [email protected] on 31/8/11 4:37 PM, Severin Crisp at [email protected] wrote: > A little while ago I posted regarding a printer not being recognised when > plugged in to a USB port on my iMac but then recognised when plugged in to a > hub. I have replaced the cable with a high quality USB 2 certified etc one > and all is now fine. I believe a combination of quality and length ( a > necessary 5m) were to blame. Why the same poor quality cable plugged into the > hub none the less worked is not clear though. > My thanks to the various useful inputs on this. In future beware of el > cheapos! > Severin Crisp > ________________________________________________________ > > Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP > > 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. > > Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) > > email mailto:[email protected] > > ________________________________________________________ > > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
